Youth, Parents And Communities

School Health Resources For All

Health Education

American School Health Association (ASHA)
www.ashaweb.org
National School Health Coordinating Committee
www.healthy-students.org
American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
www.aahperd.org/aahe/aahe_main.html
Safe and Drug Free Schools, U.S. Dept. of Education
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
PE Central
http://pecentral.org
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (CHEF)
www.chef.org/curricl.htm

Fitness and Physical Education

Fitness Link
www.fitnesslink.com
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
www.aahperd.org/naspe/naspe_main.html

Nutrition and Food Services

American School Food Service Organization (ASFSA)
www.asfsa.org
American Dietetic Association (ADA)
www.eatright.org
FDA's Food Label Info Page
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/label.html
The Global Gourmet
www.globalgourmet.com
Nutrition Analysis Tool
www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat
U.S. Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov

Mental Health Services

American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
www.schoolcounselor.org
Center for School Mental Health Assistance (CSMHA)
http://cmha.umaryland.edu/cmha2001/main.php3
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
www.nasponline.org
Stress Management
www.aomc.org/HOD2/general.stress.html
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org
American Psychological Association
www.apa.org

School-Based Health Services

National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC)
www.nasbhc.org
National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
www.nasn.org

School-Family-Community Partnerships

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
www.ncpie.org
National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs
www.pta.org
Strong Families, Strong Schools
http://eric-web.tc.Columbia.edu/families/strong
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
www.ncsl.org
Join Together
www.jointogether.org
Coalition for Community Schools
www.communityschools.org
Business/Education Partnerships
www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed383856.html
Business Leaders Urged To Step Up Support for Schools
www.edweek.org/ew/vol-17/29biz.h17
Community/Full-Service Schools: A Partnership Among Educators and Community Services
www.nassp.org
National Association of Partners in Education
www.napehq.org
Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania
www.upenn.edu/ccp

Violence Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Violence Prevention
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm
U.S. Department of Education's guide to safe schools, "Early Warning, Timely Response"
www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn.html
Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide by the US Departments of Education and Justice is available at
www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/ActionGuide/
Mothers Against Violence in America (MAVIA)
www.mavia.org
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org

General Education

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
National Education Association (NEA)
www.nea.org/schools
American Federation of Teachers
www.aft.org
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
www.ascd.org

HIV/AIDS/STDs and Sexuality Education

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
www.siecus.org

Coordinated School Health Programming

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash
Schools of the 21st Century
www.yale.edu/21C
Education Development Center (EDC)
www.edc.org

School Health Funding

Healthy Youth Funding Database (HY-FUND)
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/funding.htm

Parent Education and Child Health Information for Families

Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/parents_guide/
National Parent Information Network
www.npin.org
Parent Institute
www.par-inst.com
National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)
www.pta.org/programs/hivlibr.htm
National Families in Action
www.emory.edu/NFIA/index.html
Asthma Information Center
www.ama_assn.org/asthma
National Women's Health Resource Center
www.HealthyWoman.org
First Aid Book
www.medaccess.com/first_aid/FA_TOC.htm
Healthfinder
www.heathfinder.gov
Health Tips
http://healthlink.stanford.edu/healthtips/
Immunization
www.cdc.gov/nip/home/htm
Parent’s Place
www.parentsplace.com
Pediatrics
www.ped.org.Cybernews
Families USA
www.familiesUSA.org
American Self-Help Clearinghouse
www.cmhc.com/selfhelp
CDC Healthy Schools, Healthy People, It's a SNAP!
www.itsasnap.org

Educational Administration

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
www.naesp.org
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
www.nassp.org
National School Boards Association
www.nsba.org
National Association of State Boards of Education
www.nasbe.org/projectsbody.htm

Child & Adolescent Health – Publications, Facts, & Updated Statistics

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/youthris.htm

Tobacco

Reducing Tobacco Use, A Report of the Surgeon General
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr_tobacco_use.htm
California Center for Community-School Partnerships
http://hsfo.ucdavis.edu/ccc-sp.html
Kids Campaigns: Children and Tobacco
www.kidscampaigns.org/whoseside/Parenting/tobacco.html
History of the Cigarette
www.discovery.com/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Tobacco
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/tobacco.htm

Links for Youth

Girls Incorporated
www.girlsinc.org
Kidshealth Online
www.kntv.com/healthmatters/kidshealth.html
Kidshealth at the American Medical Association
www.ama_assn.org/KidsHealth
Kid’s Health
http://kidshealth.org

National Health and Educational Organizations

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American Heart Association
www.amhrt.org
American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org
American Public Health Association
www.apha.org
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
Dr. Koop’s Community
www.drkoop.com
Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
National Center for Health Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
www.nih.gov
National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org
Public Television
www.pbs.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information--Prevline
www.health.org
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
www.aap.org
Coalition of National Health Education Organizations
www.hsc.usf.edu/CFH/cnheo
Health Education Advocate Website
www.healtheducationadvocate.org
Society for Public Health Education
www.sophe.org

Articles

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  2. Growing Healthy, a Comprehensive School Health Currriculum for Grades K-6
  3. NCHE News
  4. 5 Functions Of NCHE
  5. Youth, Parents, and Communities
  6. Yet More Youth, Parents, and Communities
  7. About NCHE
  8. Growing Healthy
  9. Growing Healthy - Grade Specific
  10. Health Education in the Home
  11. 5 Functions Of NCHE
  12. Youth, Parents, and Communities - Benefits
  13. Youth, Parents, and Communities - Alcohol
  14. Establishing a Community-School Health Council
  15. Comprehensive School Health Education
  16. Growing Healthy Overview
  17. Vitamins and Minerals
  18. Youth, Parents and Communities